#2C38B6#2C38B6

#2C38B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.196 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C38B6
RGB	rgb(44, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 39.39, -67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 78.20, 300.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0023 -0.1955)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.196 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8935, 6.7400, 44.9737)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C38B6 #B6AA2C

analogous

#2C7DB6 #2C38B6 #652CB6

triadic

#2C38B6 #B62C38 #38B62C

tetradic

#2C38B6 #B62C7D #B6AA2C #2CB665

square

#2C38B6 #B62C7D #B6AA2C #2CB665

split-complementary

#2C38B6 #B6652C #7DB62C

monochromatic

#141A53 #202985 #2C38B6 #4C57D4 #7D85E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#2C38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2C38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C38B6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C38B6	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.196 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6fcd',
    500: '#2c38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c38b6;
$custom-light: #7b6fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C38B6

secondary

#C8C176

accent

#D644E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C38B6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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